Coin-operated vending-machine.



No. 773,726. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

G. T. FRANTZ.

COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE.

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' UNITED STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

CHARLES T. FRANTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-OPERATED VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,726, dated November 1, 1904. Application filed August 11, 1902. SerialNo. 119,263. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. FRANTz,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coin-Operated Vending- Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention more particularly relates to a machine for vending packages of matches, although it can'be used for machines intended for disposing of other commodities whether done up in cartons or not.

The object of my invention is to dispense with the necessity of employing mechanism for expelling the packages and to use the coin itself for this purpose, and thus greatly cheapen and simplify the construction of the machine and render it less likely to get out of order. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa side elevation of the case of a vending-machine havingthe side thereof removed to expose to view my improvements. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my said machine having the rear plate thereof removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on dotted line 3 3, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. lis a horizontal section taken on dotted line 4 4, Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the cartons employed in my improved machine.

My invention is preferably housed ina suitable case A, which maybe of any suitable design, although shown in the drawings to be rectangular in shape. Near the upper righthand corner of the case it is provided with a coin-chute B, which maybe of any suitable construction so long as it will permit of a .suitable coin to be inserted therein and by gravity or otherwise convey, direct, or deliver said eoin into the vertically-disposed chute C. This chute C is preferably located about midway between the sides of the case back of the front plate of the same and inclines somewhat to the rear, and a coin falling into it will be discharged from its lower end edgewise onto the lateral ofiset a of a forwardly-inclined bracket D immediately in front of a suitable transverse shoulder 6 in said offset and reclining against the vertically-disposed flat side of an arm E, which projects laterally across offset a of the bracket from a rotary reciprocal head 6. This armE is preferably quad rant-shaped in cross-section, and the fiat side thereof, against which the coin reclines when it falls from chute C, is in the same plane as the forward wall of said chute and in a plane striking diametrically (or nearly so) through the axis of rotation of head 6.

Head 6 is secured on the end of a short transversely-disposed rock-shaft or spindle F, which is actuated through the medium of a crank c, on the end thereof nearest the side of the case, and a horizontal push-bar G, the shaft of which extends at right angles to the length of the spindle F to and through the front plate of the case and is provided with a suitable knob or push-button, as shown. The under edge or side of the rear portion of the shaft of the push-bar G is recessed at (Z to receive and establish an operative engagement with the crank-pin of crank 0, and in order to keep said push-bar at the limit of its forward movement a coil contraction-spring g connects the rear upturned end of the shaft of said push-bar tothe rear of the front plate of the casein a suitable manner, substantially as shown in the drawings.

Now when the rearward pressure which it is necessary to exert against the push-bar in order to operate my improved machine is removed arm E will move toward its original position until the flat side thereof, at right angles to that against which the coin impinges, strikes against bracket D. hen the coin has been deposited in the machine and the push-bar is depressed, arm E (between the axial angle of which and shoulder b the lower edge of the coin is retained) will cause said coin to swing with its lower edge as its pivot to the rear until said coin is substantially parallel to the incline of the bracket, whereupon it will slide or gravitate down the inclined surface of the offset off the forward edge of the same into the bottom of the case or into some suitable receptacle placed therein to receive the same. It is this swinging movement of the coin toward the rear of the machine that is utilized to expel the package or carton containing the commodity from the case. In order to utilize this movement of the coin, I provide a vertical hopper H, the width and depth of Which corresponds to the length and width, respectively, of the package or carton containing the matches. The lower end of this hopper rests upon the rear portion of a platform It, extending rearward "from the front plate of the case A in a horizontal plane touching the uppermost segment of the periphery described by arm E, and it is provided with an opening or recess 7: therein, up through which the part of the coin projecting beyond the periphery described by arm E passes when it is swung to the rear, and when the coin so moves it bears against and pushes the lowermost carton or package off of the rear edge of the platform 70 into a suitable inclosed passage K, by which it is directed to an opening I of suitable proportions in the bottom of case p A. When the carton or package falls through opening I, it drops into a suitable receptacle J, from which it can be easily removed by the purchaser.

What I claim as new is- 1. A coin-operated vending-machine comprising a suitable hopper having an opening in its bottom, a vertically-disposed inclined coin-chute, a forwardly-inclined bracket located beneath said coin-chute, and supported by the casing of said machine having a transverse shoulder upon which the coin discharged from said chute is originally supported edgewise in front of said shoulder, and a rotary reciprocal device having a fiat surface in substantially the same plane as said chute against which said coin reclines when it is at rest, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A coin-operated vending-machine comprising a suitable hopper having an opening in its bottom, avertically-disposed coin-chute, a forwardly-inclined bracket beneath the same having a transverse shoulder and supported by the casing of the machine, a rotary reciprocal quadrant-shaped arm having a flat side in the same plane as said chute.

CHARLES T. FRANTZ. itnesses:

W. BUCHANAN, E. K. LUNDY. 

